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One on going thing that has been a real problem for no reason involves street trees.
We have five Italian Cypress trees against the front of our building. As you may know they are not a shade producing tress and are usually used (as in this case) as ornamentals. Two of the five are now getting a disease which spreads easily among this species and cannot be cured. The trees die. We hired an arborist to get a permit (which shouldn’t even be required for ornamentals) from Urban Forestry to replace all five with Yew trees which are not susceptible to this disease. We were granted replacement of one tree and after pleading then they gave us two. If we wish to replace all five we have to go to a hearing which is a month away. This has been going on for a couple of months …over nothing. Urban Forestry should have not control over ornamental vegetation. Their purview is street trees that provide an umbrella over sidewalks etc. Now the front of the building will like strange with two trees that are part of a set that should all be matching.
This all seems to be a bureaucratic make work issue. Sickening. I’m 78 years old and have lived in San Francisco since 1951 and I’m getting fed up with bureaucratic nonsense in this city. On another and larger issue: This city needs a much larger tax base to pay for all the services the "free lunchers" come up with … and they don’t want any more density. This is a city not a suburb and we need extensive higher density zoning which will take pressure off of rents as well as give us more people to help with city income. Want more? Many thanks for listening and good luck…,1 (along with a lot of other citizens) with the bureaucratic nonsense in this city.
On another and larger issue: This city needs a much larger tax base to pay for all the services the "free lunchers" come up with … and they don’t want any more density. This is a city not a suburb and we need extensive higher density zoning which will take pressure off of rents as well as give us more people to help with city income.
Phil
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